2020 Enoch Seminar Colloquium

DAY 1 (11 November 2020) -- 10:30am-4:30pm

Schedule

11:15 -- Informal gathering of participants 11:30am - Welcome

11:40am - Presentation of the volume by the Editors (Alexander Kulik, Gabriele Boccaccini, Lorenzo DiTommaso, David Hamidovic, Michael Stone, Jason Zurawski)

12pm - Review of the volume by 3 external panelists (15m each)

• • James L. Kugel (Harvard University / Bar Ilan University)
  • Hindy Najman (University of Oxford)
  • Liv Ingeborg Lied (MF Norwegian School of Theology)

12:45pm - Responses by 3 authors (5m each)

• • Martha Himmelfarb
  • Robert Kraft
  • Gregory Sterling

1:00pm - 2:00pm - Discussion with the Editors, the authors and the audience.

+ + + 30min break + + +

2:30pm-3:30pm - 9th Enoch Seminar Reception

3:30m-4:30pm - Meeting of the Board of Directors

DAY 2 (12 November 2020) - 10am-4:30pm

Theme: The Place of Matthew within the Diversity of Second Temple Judaism and the Jesus Movement

The Gospel of Matthew has often been dubbed the “most Jewish Gospel.” But what does this evaluation even mean? If it is so Jewish, how so? What about the Jewishness of other Gospel texts such as Mark, Luke, and John? And what does “Jewish,” in any case, mean in Matthew’s time? In this session, the Enoch Seminar continues to critically appreciate the Jewish context and texture of early Christianity by focusing on Matthew’s particular relationship with(in) Judaism. Invited specialists will discuss anew the distinctive character of Matthew’s Gospel as they seek to relate it to its Jewish milieu in all of its complexity.

Please contact the event secretary, Joshua Scott, for more details (scottjos@umich.edu).

Schedule

9:30am-10am - Informal Gathering of Participants - Welcome

10am-10:15am -- Introduction (15 m ) - Status quaestionis and goals of the colloquium (Anders Runesson)

10:15am-12:00am -- The Place of Matthew within the Diversity of Second Temple Judaism

• What are the major features of Matthew’s Judaism?
• What do we mean by “Jewish” in Matthew’s time?
• Which (other) kind of Judaism is Matthew most closely related to?
• What is the place of Matthew within Jewish Sectarianism?

Gabriele Boccaccini (Chair)

• Albert Baumgarten (10 min)
• Gabriele Boccaccini (10 min)
• John Kampen (10 min)
• A.-J. Levine (10 min)

Discussion (65 mn)

12:00-1:00 am – Break

1:00am-2:45pm -- The Place of Matthew within the Diversity of the Jesus Movement

• What does it mean that Matthew is the most Jewish Gospel?
• Why Matthew, and not Luke or Mark or John?
• Is it proper to distinguish NT texts as “more” or “less” Jewish?
• What is the place of Matthew within the Jesus movement?

Gabriele Boccaccini (Chair)

• Kathy Ehrensperger (10 mn)
• Daniel Gurtner (10 mn)
• Isaac W. Oliver (10 mn)
• Karin Zetterholm (10 mn)

Discussion (65 mn)

3pm - 4:30pm Wrap-up session (90 mn). [Live on Facebook]

Confirmed Participants (Matthew Colloquium)

1. Albert Baumgarten (panelist)
2. Gabriele Boccaccini (panelist)
3. Akiva Cohen
4. Jim Davila
5. Kathy Ehrensperger (panelist)
6. Trenton R. Ferro
7. Roy Fisher
8. Jörg Frey
9. Daniel Gurtner (panelist)
10. Rebecca Harris
11. Årstein Justnes
12. John Kampen (panelist)
13. Ryan Lambert
14. A.-J. Levine (panelist)
15. Jocelyn McWhirter
16. Eva-Charlotta Mebius
17. Daniele Minisini
18. Eric Noffke
19. Isaac W. Oliver (panelist)
20. Amy Richter
21. Vernon Robbins
22. Anders Runesson
23. Timothy B. Sailors
24. Lawrence Schiffman
25. Joshua Scott
26. David C. Sim
27. David Andrews Smith
28. Joel Wildermuth
29. Karin Zetterholm (panelist)